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PPrincetonrinceton WWomen’somen’s BasketballBasketball 2007-082007-08 World-renowned academics. Storied athletic programs. A beautiful campus. History all around. And with the contributions Princeton graduates make every day, still so much more history is yet to be made. THE CAMPUS, THE UNIVERSITY Players Divider TThishis isis PrincetonPrinceton PRRINCETONINCETON WOOMENMEN’S BAASKETBALLSKETBALL 22007-08007-08 6666 WWWWWW.GOPRRINCETONINCETONTIIGERSGERS.CCOMOM 67 PPrincetonrinceton WWomen’somen’s BBasketballasketball 2007-082007-08 THIS IS PRINCETON that holds almost fi ve million books and almost PPrincetonrinceton UUniversityniversity 35,000 current journals and periodicals—near- ly all on accessible open-stack shelving; an art Princeton’s main campus covers 500 acres, museum that exhibits works from its own and and its more than 160 buildings exemplify a other outstanding collections, complement- wealth of architectural styles, ranging from co- ing courses in art and archaeology; a natural lonial buildings to collegiate Gothic dormitories history museum; a computing center and to modern structures by eminent architects. clusters of microcomputers throughout the Coeducational since 1969 (women comprise campus; and outstanding recreational and about 45% of an average freshman class), athletic facilities. Princeton enrolls approximately 7,200 students Beyond the University’s historic campus is (4,900 undergraduates/2,300 graduate students). the town of Princeton, a community of 30,000 Coming from all 50 states and from more than people and the home of the Institute for Ad- 70 foreign countries, Princeton students are an vanced Study (where Albert Einstein spent the unusually talented and diverse group that repre- last 22 years of his life), Princeton Theological sents many economic, ethnic, social, cultural and Seminary and Westminster Choir College of religious backgrounds. Minority students usually Rider. make up 25-30% of freshman classes. Princeton sits halfway between New York Students are apt to choose Princeton for and Philadelphia (approximately 50 miles from the strength of its academic program, its rela- each) and is easily accessible by car, bus or Changing of seasons on campus tively small size combined with the resources train. of a major research university and the personal by 34 departments and numerous certifi cate attention its undergraduates enjoy. Men and DDegreesegrees programs. Students may participate in one or women who seek a quality education in the lib- more interdisciplinary programs in addition to eral arts, architecture, engineering or public and Princeton offers two undergraduate de- concentrating in a department. Students may international affairs will discover that Princeton grees: the bachelor of arts (A.B.) degree and also apply for an independent concentration has much to offer. the bachelor of science in engineering (B.S.E.) outside existing programs. Undergraduates are Princeton offers an abundance of extraor- degree. Within these degree programs, students admitted to the University and not to a particular dinary resources, including a library system can choose from among 1,300 courses offered department or interdepartmental program and have until the second term of their sophomore AA.B..B. DDepartmentsepartments SSlaviclavic LLanguagesanguages aandnd LLit.it. EEngineeringngineering aandnd MManagementanagement year to choose a departmental major. AAnthropologynthropology SSociologyociology SSystemsystems AArchitecturerchitecture WWoodrowoodrow WWilsonilson SSchoolchool EEngineeringngineering BBiologyiology BBachelorachelor ooff AArtsrts AArtrt aandnd AArchaeologyrchaeology ooff PPublicublic aandnd IInt’lnt’l AAffairsffairs EEngineeringngineering PPhysicshysics AAstrophysicalstrophysical SSciencesciences EEnvironmentalnvironmental SStudiestudies Undergraduates in the A.B. program must CChemistryhemistry BB.S.E..S.E. DDepartmentsepartments EEuropeanuropean CCulturalultural SStudiestudies successfully complete one or two courses, as in- CClassicslassics FFinanceinance CChemicalhemical EEngineeringngineering dicated, in the following seven distribution areas: CComparativeomparative LLiteratureiterature GGeologicaleological EEngineeringngineering CCivilivil aandnd EEnvir.nvir. EEngineeringngineering epistemology and cognition (1), ethical thought CComputeromputer SSciencecience HHellenicellenic SStudiestudies CComputeromputer SSciencecience and moral values (1), historical analysis (1), lit- EEastast AAsiansian SStudiestudies JJewishewish SStudiestudies EElectricallectrical EEngineeringngineering erature and the arts (2), quantitative reasoning EEcologycology aandnd EEvol.vol. BBiologyiology LLanguageanguage aandnd CCultureulture MMech.ech. aandnd AAerospaceerospace EEng.ng. (1), social analysis (2), and science and technol- EEconomicsconomics LLatinatin AAmericanmerican SStudiestudies OOperationsperations RResearchesearch ogy-with laboratory (2). They must also meet a EEnglishnglish LLinguisticsinguistics aandnd FFinancialinancial EEngineeringngineering one-term writing requirement and demonstrate GGeoscienceseosciences MMaterialsaterials SSciencecience aandnd EEng.ng. profi ciency in a foreign language. GGermanicermanic LLanguagesanguages aandnd LLit.it. MMedievaledieval SStudiestudies Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors usu- HHistoryistory CCertifiertifi ccateate MMusicalusical PPerformanceerformance ally enroll in four courses during each of the MMathematicsathematics PProgramsrograms NNearear EEasternastern SStudiestudies two terms of the academic year; seniors usu- MMolecularolecular BBiologyiology AAfricanfrican SStudiestudies RRoboticsobotics aandnd IIntelligentntelligent SSys.ys. ally carry three courses each term. With the MMusicusic AAfrican-Americanfrican-American SStudiestudies RRussianussian SStudiestudies exception of students who receive advanced NNearear EEasternastern SStudiestudies AAmericanmerican SStudiestudies TTeachereacher PPreparationreparation standing, all A.B. students must success- PPhilosophyhilosophy AApplicationspplications ooff CComputingomputing TTheaterheater aandnd DDanceance fully complete a minimum of 30 courses in PPhysicshysics AAppliedpplied aandnd CComputationalomputational VVisualisual AArtsrts eight terms of study. Departmental require- PPoliticsolitics MMathematicsathematics SStudytudy ooff WWomenomen aandnd GGenderender ments combine upper-level courses with PPsychologysychology AArchitecturerchitecture aandnd EEngineeringngineering WWoodrowoodrow WWilsonilson SSchoolchool ooff independent work in both the junior and senior RReligioneligion BBiophysicsiophysics PPublicublic aandnd IInt’lnt’l AAffairsffairs years. A senior thesis is required of all A.B. RRomanceomance LLanguagesanguages aandnd LLit.it. EEastast AAsiansian SStudiestudies candidates. 66 WWWWWW.GOPRRINCETONINCETONTIIGERSGERS.CCOMOM 6677 PRRINCETONINCETON WOOMENMEN’S BAASKETBALLSKETBALL 22007-08007-08 PPrincetonrinceton WWomen’somen’s BasketballBasketball 2007-082007-08 THIS IS PRINCETON dormitories (hous- ity printers in the two dozen BBachelorachelor ooff ScienceScience ing between 450 OIT-supported computing iinn EEngineeringngineering and 500 students) clusters around campus. and has its own din- The campus clusters con- B.S.E. students enroll in four courses for the ing rooms, lounges, tain a mix of Windows-based fi rst term of the freshman year and four or fi ve seminar and study Intel computers, Unix work- courses each succeeding term, following a se- rooms, computing stations, and Apple Macin- quence appropriate to their individual programs. facilities, game and toshes. Software on cluster The school requirement for the B.S.E. degree is television rooms computers includes basic at least 36 courses in the four years of study. and, in some cases, productivity tools such as B.S.E. students must complete a minimum theaters and other word processors, informa- of seven courses in the humanities and social spaces for the cre- tion access tools used to sciences. B.S.E. students are required to take ative and perform- explore the World Wide Web one course in four of the following six areas: ing arts. The col- and the Internet, special epistemology and cognition, ethical thought leges sponsor pro- software needed for the and moral values, foreign language, historical grams and special many classes in which com- analysis, literature and the arts, and social events, including puting is integral to learning, analysis. The remaining three required courses intramural athlet- and sophisticated programs and additional courses may be taken in any ics, trips, dances, Ivy on campus for use in research. fi elds in the social sciences and humanities. The lectures and fi lms. Each student is given ability to write English clearly and precisely is a A senior faculty member serves as master a NetID, an identifi er that enables the use of University requirement that must be satisfi ed by of each college. Each also has a staff that in- e-mail as well as allowing access to powerful completing a one-semester course that fulfi lls cludes a dean, a director of studies responsible Unix computer servers (currently four Sun Ultra the writing requirement. for academic advising, a college administra- 2 servers and three Silicon Graphics Origin 200 tor, two assistant masters, a resident faculty systems) and to the large-scale IBM mainframe TThehe HHonoronor CCodeode member, faculty fellows, about a dozen juniors computer on campus (an IBM 9672-RC 4 system Examinations at Princeton are not proctored and seniors who serve as